Chapter 018 Milan debut
~.-~ During the first day of training, Zhang Yang took his own Milan No. 7 jersey and asked every Milan player who came to participate in the training today to sign.
There were some people who were a little contempt for Zhang Yang's actions, and thought to themselves that although they were of high value, they came from a small place after all, and they had never seen the world. However, Zhang Yang collected the signature with satisfaction and asked everyone to put away this little thought. He said, "Thank you everyone, I grew up watching you play football. You were the ones I admired for a long time when I was a child, hehe."
Hearing this sentence, a group of old guys couldn't help but feel a little moved. Facing this young man who was only twenty-one years old, they always reminded themselves that they were old.
Now, many players in the AC Milan team are meritorious players when they won the Champions League in 2003. Four years have passed, AC Milan has won the Champions League trophy again. However, most of the main players in the team are still those who were the ones they were back then.
For example, Maldini, Nesta, Dida, Gattuso, Sidov, Pirlo, Inzaghi, Karaze.
When AC Milan won the Champions League trophy in 2003, Zhang Yang was only seventeen years old. If you go back two years, he was only fifteen years old. At that time, these players were almost all in the Milan team. So, he said, almost watching them grow up playing football, and this is really something that can be said.
Of course, judging from Zhang Yang's current value, he is definitely a big-name player. However, this 21-year-old man obviously didn't care much about this.
Zhang Yang's first training class in AC Milan was followed by media on the sidelines. This is also the courtesy and attention that the giants can receive. An ordinary training class will attract so much attention.
Zhang Yang didn't know that his training class here had just ended. Even in China, the scene of his first training class in AC Milan would appear in the sports reports that day, and it was a very important news.
The first training class was also the first training class after a holiday. Many players were tired, so Ancelotti did not arrange too much training. It can be said that this day's training was mainly about relaxation.
Moreover, after the training, the players brought their families and girlfriends to the home of captain Paul Maldini and held a small team party. It is said that this is the tradition of AC Milan. In the first training camp every season, the captain will be half a small party, and everyone gathers together to enhance their feelings.
However, this does not mean that Zhang Yang had a relaxing day. From Maldini's home, Zhang Yang took a hot bath and relaxed his body and mind. After a while, Xiao Mi entered the dungeon and started training. She had just arrived in Milan, and there were many experts around her. Zhang Yang had a proud personality, so she was naturally unwilling to be the last resort. She thought that she would adjust her condition as soon as possible, so she wanted to make a big splash.
The next day, when Zhang Yang arrived in Milanello to train, he was surrounded by many reporters again. This time, he stopped to accept an interview with the media. After two seasons of professional league training, Zhang Yang's relationship with the media is better than before. As long as the media does not provoke him, he is still easier to get along with. The players and the media complement each other. Players need the media to help them shake their flags and shout, and the media also need the players to attract attention.
Looking at Zhang Yang who was surrounded by the media, the other players stopped and joked.
"Look." Gattuso said with a smile, "There were two players in the team who had such treatment before, but now there is another one."
Who are the other two players he mentioned?
The answer was soon found. A few minutes after Zhang Yang passed, another player appeared, which attracted the attention of the media. This is one of the other two players Gatuso mentioned, Milan No. 9, Philip Inzaghi, who is known as Jiuye.
Zhang Yang turned around and saw the sunny smile inzaghi. Unlike himself and these Italian journalists, inzaghi can be called a fish in water here. Looking at the words and rumors with the reporters, Zhang Yang felt that sometimes the rumors outside could not be believed. The guy in front of him, who was unanimously considered by the outside world to be one of the representatives of the Italian melancholy men was heartless.
As for the other person Gattuso mentioned that would cause media reporters to besieged, it is obviously the most popular person in Milan now, Brazilian midfielder Kaka. However, Zhang Yang did not see Kaka until the next few days. He learned from Gattuso that Kaka was injured and had asked the club for leave in advance. The club also agreed that Kaka stayed in Brazil and the team doctor of the Brazilian national team helped him to treat and recover. However, in order to be cautious, the Milan laboratory still sent a team doctor to participate in Kaka's rehabilitation plan.
One afternoon a few days later, after the training, the players had left Milanello, and Zhang Yang was still sweating heavily on the training ground, and he was practicing more. During these days of training, although the media and public opinion praised Zhang Yang's training condition, Zhang Yang himself was not satisfied. He felt that his condition was not in his state, not just not in his best state, but in his game. Last season, the Marseille team fought on the third line and won two championships, but the Marseille team's bench depth
No, the most important thing is that there is no player within the team who can replace Zhang Yang, so as long as Zhang Yang is not injured or suspended, he will definitely start and often play for 90 minutes. This also makes Zhang Yang relatively tired, not only physical fatigue, but more psychological fatigue. After just one season, Zhang Yang thought he was very motivated and had already done his job to welcome the new season. However, in fact, it seems that this is not the case. His body told him that it was still a little short of fire.
Zhang Yang shot during exercise, which is also the training he practiced the most. The football was shot from the ball throwing machine, and he rushed to the football landing point based on his own judgment and completed the shot as soon as possible. The shot of the ball throwing machine was irregular, so Zhang Yang would run from time to time, find the football landing point and complete the shot.
After practicing for half an hour, Zhang Yang was so tired that he was out of breath. The intensity of physical energy consumption in the past half an hour was not much worse than that in the half-game.
Tasotti threw Zhang Yang a bottle of sports drink and said, "Let's take a break, Zhang."
When the club learned that Zhang Yang was going to practice further after the training, the club seemed very interested and arranged assistant coach Tassoti to accompany Zhang Yang for training. When Zhang Yang was training just now, Tassoti recorded it on the side and wrote and scratched it in his notebook from time to time. The content he wrote would appear on the desks of Ancelotti, the team doctor and physical trainer of the team the next day.
Zhang Yang took the drink and washed most of the time, saying, "Sure enough, the holiday was too relaxed. My training intensity was even greater than this before, but it felt much better than now."
Tasotti looked at Zhang Yang in surprise. In his opinion, Zhang Yang's training intensity was already very strong. He was considering whether to discuss with the team doctor, and then suggested that Zhang Yang appropriately reduce the training intensity. Now it seems that Zhang Yang's previous training intensity was even greater than this. It is really unimaginable. Are Chinese players so powerful? So self-disciplined?
Tasotti said: "You have really good physical fitness and the feeling in front of the goal is also very good. I have seen many excellent shooters, and you are not inferior to them at all. I have always been curious about how Chinese football has cultivated such excellent players."
Zhang Yang took a big sip of drink, picked up a towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said with a smile: "The coach is very familiar with Chinese football?"
Tasotti smiled, "Actually, I'm not very familiar with it. For me, it's too far away. To be honest, I didn't expect that one day, the team would have a player from China to join." Tasotti took Zhang Yang's towel and put it aside, "I just watched two games of the Chinese team in the 2002 World Cup. That was my most original impression of Chinese players."
Zhang Yang nodded, it is conceivable. For many people in the football powerhouse, whether it is a coach, a player or a simple fan, Chinese football is too far away from them. Their only impression of Chinese football is probably from the performance of the Chinese team in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup. Unfortunately, the only time the Chinese team participated in this World Cup, their performance was extremely bad. If there was another modifier, it would be extremely bad. This is probably the most primitive and direct impression of Chinese football. However, it is a bit sad that the current situation of Chinese football is even more unbearable than that at that time.
"The training is over, let's talk while walking." Tasotti said to Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang nodded. He was shirtless, with a sweat-wet jersey on his shoulders. Occasionally, a gust of wind blew, which was also hot.
Tasotti said as he walked: "Carlo attaches great importance to you. He also talked to me in the morning and told me to help you understand the culture and traditions of Italy so that you can integrate into the team as soon as possible. AC Milan is a team with a long history. Each team has its own tradition and soul. This is why these teams can be passed down for decades and hundreds of years. Our players come from all over the world, with different languages and different understandings of football. However, I believe that the love for football is the same."
Zhang Yang nodded and agreed. That's right, for many players in a team, football is their common language.
Tasotti patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder and said, "Zhang, you just came to this team and need to adapt slowly. Don't be too anxious. If you don't understand or need help, you can come to me or communicate directly with Carlo. Of course, this is privately and in public, you also know what to do, right, Zhang?"
Zhang Yang understood a little. This must be the exaggerated report from the media before. In the media reports, he was eccentric and not very obedient. Therefore, Ancelotti seemed a little worried, so he specially talked to Tasotti to talk to him and get a vaccination. This is a little bit beneficial. Tasotti is an intermediary. Just like the role of lubricant, Ancelotti doesn't have to worry about the bad relationship with Zhang Yang, and there is room for maneuver.
Zhang Yang laughed. No matter what, as the head coach, Ancelotti is indeed good. Some media said that he is weak, but for the player Zhang Yang, it is already very good that the head coach can take the initiative to communicate with him.
"Don't worry, coach, I understand what you mean." Zhang Yang said to Tasotti, and then he added, "I'm here to play football."
When Tasotti heard Zhang Yang say this, he nodded, but he was thinking in his heart that hope is so. Obviously, this person is not so relieved about Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang is a genius, and there is no doubt that in the eyes of many people, genius always has a weird temper and is difficult to manage. In addition, the French media’s exaggerated reports about Zhang Yang at the beginning, it is no wonder that the Milan coaching staff was a little worried.
Speaking of which, in the history of AC Milan, there seems to be very few players with such thorny heads. Zhang Yang's arrival has made up for this gap.
ps: The second update today.
Today is the fourth update, and there are two more updates.
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Chapter completed!